as in maid
a female domestic servant
they hired a housekeeper to help their aging parents live at home
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Recent Examples of housekeeper
Several were teachers and therapists; others were nannies and housekeepers.
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Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
About half of the Executive Mansion’s team of housekeepers, ushers, valets and butlers are currently working.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Your boundary might be to limit doing his chores for him by hiring a housekeeper.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
The dog is fine, but the housekeeper will undergo treatment for rabies exposure as a precaution, the homeowners told WABC.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
About half of the Executive Mansion’s team of housekeepers, ushers, valets and butlers are currently working.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Your boundary might be to limit doing his chores for him by hiring a housekeeper.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
The dog is fine, but the housekeeper will undergo treatment for rabies exposure as a precaution, the homeowners told WABC.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for housekeeper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeeper
maid
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Two years after starring with Polly James as single roommates on the first season of the Liverpool-set The Liver Birds, Collins in 1971 was hired for ITV’s Upstairs, Downstairs to portray the maid Sarah, who at one point leaves Eaton Place to become a singer at a music hall, only to return.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jessica Barden will play the actress Nance O’Neill, who was Lizzie’s friend, and Vicky Krieps will star the Borden family’s maid, Bridget Sullivan.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Housekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housekeeper. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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